Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 29

19-July-2004

IRAN

NPC Awards Ilam HDPE Contract To Mitsui And Irans EIED

Irans National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has awarded a 25bn contract to Japans Mitsui and local firm Energy Industries Engineering and Design (EIED) to build a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant at its Ilam complex. The plant will have capacity to produce 300,000 tons/year of HDPE, and construction is scheduled to begin in April 2005 for completion in December 2007. Mitsui...